Thread: Opt-in Pay Tier Structure until 2.0 (different than the 'half pay' or 'free to play')

Originally Posted by Zuellni

What if SE adopted a free to play all content up to rank 25? That way, all the meat and stuff will be for subscribers only while non-subscribers get to experience everything up to getting the Chocobo mount as well as a few dungeons, all the first class quests, etc.

25 might be a bit high, but it's a good idea (better, actually). Modifying my original post to include it.

Originally Posted by nasomi

And here's why. It would cost SE a lot of man hours to implement such a system, making it counter productive. They didn't ask for your advice on payment. They asked for your feedback on systems they're putting in. If you haven't figured out that once SE says they're going to do something they're not going to change your mind, you need to get that brain cell of yours to start multiplying before you forget to breathe.

That's the old SE you're talking about. SE's behavior is drastically different since Yoshida became producer. Case and point:

But you went ahead and you had this poll and we know that you're a good group of hardcore players that have been there a long time. So we are taking this poll to heart and discuss this again and see if this is an option for us. We will then get back to the players and decide.

Originally Posted by MrLion

You've had plenty of time free of charge...time to pay up.

If you read my post... you would have seen that I said I'm happy to pay and that I would have paid months ago because of Yoshi-P's efforts. This isn't something I'm coming up with because I want to get around paying (I'll be paying regardless of how much they charge). Granted, the suggestion is out of self-interest, but it's communal self-interest. Letting people see the patches is a huge PR boost, which means the general impression the public has of FFXIV is likely to slowly sway, which will in turn likely mean more players stay/come back. And more players means... I'm more likely to be happy. So yes, there is an element of self-interest, but it's not financial.